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Former European champions Ajax and Marseille in Europa League group with Brighton and AEK Athens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

MONACO (AP) — Former European champions Ajax and Marseille were drawn Friday to play Premier League club Brighton and AEK Athens in one of the toughest Europa League groups.Brighton will play in a European competition for the first time in the club’s 122-year history after finishing a club-best sixth in the top division last season.Liverpool, a three-time winner of the second-tier European competition, was drawn to face Union Saint-Gilloise, Toulouse and Austrian club LASK. Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister could now play against his older brother, Kevin, who is a defender at Belgian club Union. Europa Conference League champion West Ham will play Olympiakos, Freiburg and Serbian club TSC, while Roma, coached by Jose Mourinho, will be trying to reach its third straight European final in a group with Slavia Prague, Sheriff and Servette. Villarreal, the 2021 Europa League champion, landed in a group with Rennes, Maccabi Haifa and Panathinaikos.When Marseille and Ajax were...

ACC clears way to add Stanford, Cal, SMU, providing escape from sinking Pac-12 for Bay Area schools

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

The Atlantic Coast Conference has cleared the way for Stanford, California and SMU to join the league, two people with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Friday, providing a landing spot for two more teams from the disintegrating Pac-12.The people spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement was still being prepared. The conference’s university presidents and chancellors met Friday morning and voted to extend invitations to the three schools.The additions make the ACC the latest power conference to expand its membership and footprint westward. Starting in August 2024, the league with Tobacco Road roots in North Carolina will increase its number of football schools to 17 and 18 in most other sports, with Notre Dame remaining a football independent.Notre Dame is currently the westernmost ACC school in South Bend, Indiana, with Louisville the farthest west among football members. But now, like the Big Ten, the ACC will be a cross-cou...

These schools will be dismissed early due to heat on Sept. 1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Friday marks another day in the 90s and another day many schools go without air conditioning. There's a potential for Friday to hit a record high of 100 degrees, which hasn't happened once this summer. List: The 24 Denver schools getting AC, and the 31 that aren’t Seven Denver Public Schools campuses will end class early on Friday and start the holiday weekend.Early releases:Asbury Elementary: 12:30 p.m.Bryant Webster: 12:20 p.m.McMeen Elementary: 11:40 a.m.Polaris Elementary: 12:30 p.m.Stedman Elementary: 1:00 p.m.Stephen Knight: 12:15 p.m.Thomas Jefferson: 12:30 p.m. Sept. 1-4: Things to do in Denver this Labor Day weekend When in comes to campuses in DPS, only 24 of the 55 schools in need have gotten or are in line for new cooling mechanisms.Still, when those 24 campuses get upgrades by the end of next year, another 31 will still lack air conditioning. The district said those 31 schools will be prioritized for cooling upgrades when funding is available.The di...

Mother outraged after police arrest son thought to be burglar in Miami Gardens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

A mother is outraged after, she said, her son was wrongfully arrested outside his home in Miami Gardens. A police investigation was underway at the residence at Northwest 180th Terrace and Sunshine State Parkway.Officers first responded to the scene around 2:30 a.m. Friday, where video footage captured several police vehicles in the vicinity and officers with weapons drawn at the house. At around 6 a.m., new witness details emerged regarding the incident. According to the mother of the man arrested following this incident, an officer initially mistook a man outside of the home for a burglary suspect. In reality, the man was merely on the phone outside his home. Upon noticing the police presence, the man retreated inside his residence, prompting officers to rush the door and attempt to apprehend him. Video footage from a Ring camera captured the moment when the man ran inside his home, with police moving to detain him. The mother spoke to 7News but did not want to reveal her face. &#...

US woman sets record for world’s longest female mullet

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

(CNN) — Tami Manis is officially all business at the front and party in the back after her mullet, measuring 5 feet 8 inches (nearly 173 centimeters), was confirmed as the longest female one in the world.The 58-year-old last cut the back of her hair on February 9 1990, according to Guinness World Records.“A lot of people just notice it when I turn around, so most of the time it’s like they don’t realize how long my hair is until they look at the backside,” Manis said in a video posted by Guinness World Records on Thursday.Courtesy Wade Payne/Guinness World Records“It was the eighties and everybody had a rat tail,” she said, adding that she was first inspired to grow a mullet after watching Til Tuesday’s music video “Voices Carry.”“The girl had a rat tail and I really wanted one of those,” said Manis.After initially cutting off her mullet in November 1989, the Tennessee resident immediately regretted it, deciding to grow it out again the following year. Since then, she’s never looked...

Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke arrested on suspicion of child abuse

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

A Utah woman who gave online parenting advice via a once popular YouTube channel has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuse after her malnourished son escaped out a window and ran to a nearby house for help, authorities said.Ruby Franke, whose now defunct channel “8 Passengers” followed her family, was arrested Wednesday night in the southern Utah city of Ivins. She was taken into custody at the home of Jodi Hildebrandt, who owns a counseling business that she says teaches people to improve their lives by being honest, responsible and humble.Franke has recently appeared in YouTube videos with Hildebrandt that were posted online by Hildebrandt’s counseling business, ConneXions Classroom.Franke’s 12-year-old son climbed out of a window in Hildebrandt’s residence in Ivins and ran to a neighbor’s house Wednesday morning and asked for food and water, according to an affidavit filed by an officer with the Santa Clara-Ivins Public Safety Department.The...

Body camera footage reveals arrest of Orlando deputy for alleged street racing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (WSVN) — Body camera video showed the arrest of an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy in Orlando after law enforcement officials accused him of participating in a street racing incident while riding a motorcycle.In the footage, an arresting officer can be heard saying, “At this time, I’m placing you under arrest for street racing, all right.”The deputy in question, identified as Deputy Brian Espinal, immediately protested, “I wasn’t racing.”This unexpected turn of events unfolded Wednesday evening when police officers observed Espinal and another motorcyclist allegedly engaging in street racing on open roads.According to an arrest report, an officer initiated a traffic stop by activating his lights and signaling both riders to pull over. However, only Espinal complied, while the other motorcyclist fled the scene.Body camera footage captured the moment Espinal was confronted by the arresting officer. After the officer instructed Esp...

Hurricane, shooting test DeSantis leadership as he trades the campaign trail for crisis management

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

First a shooting, then a storm.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a one-two punch testing his leadership at a critical moment for his presidential campaign, with the Republican moving to cast aside his role as culture warrior and show the country that he can govern through crises.His first challenge came last weekend when a white gunman killed three Black people at a convenience store in Jacksonville in a racist hate crime. Days later, Hurricane Idalia was barreling towards Florida’s Big Bend region. The storm, which made landfall as a Category 3, left a trail of devastation, snapping trees, ripping off roofs and inundating areas with surging flood waters.The back-to-back emergencies forced DeSantis off a campaign trail defined by partisan political barbs and gave him a chance to display competence under pressures similar to those he could face if elected president.“I think it’s an opportunity to show executive leadership. I think the public has clear expectations of what lea...

Rishi Sunak’s comms chief quits after less than a year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

LONDON — Rishi Sunak’s Director of Communications Amber de Botton has quit Downing Street after less than a year in the job.In a statement, posted on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, de Botton said it was the “right time” to move on. She thanked colleagues, adding: “No10 is a demanding and high pressure place to work – yet the professionalism and talent they display every day is exceptional.”Downing Street appears at pains to present the departure as amicable, and in his own statement Sunak thanked de Botton for her “hard work over the past year” paying tribute to her “calm professionalism,” which he said had been “instrumental in ensuring consistency and creativity across Whitehall communications.”De Botton, the former head of U.K. news at the broadcaster ITV, joined Sunak in Downing Street shortly after he became prime minister last October. Her departure comes as Sunak looks to bolster his...

Yankees’ Anthony Volpe’s 20-20 season puts him in rare company that includes Derek Jeter, Mike Trout and Mickey Mantle

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:06 GMT

Anthony Volpe’s game-tying home run Thursday in Detroit was much more than a clutch, regular-season blast.The 22-year-old shortstop made history with his three-run shot in the ninth inning, becoming the first Yankee to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases in his rookie season.Volpe, a former first-round pick out of New Jersey’s Delbarton School, is only the 14th Yankee in the team’s 121-year history to record a 20-20 season, and the 15th rookie in MLB history to do so.“I never really had goals or anything like that going into the season, numbers-wise, but when you can put yourself in Yankees history, that’s pretty crazy,” Volpe said after the game, which the Yankees lost, 4-3, in extra innings.The impressive feat puts Volpe, who entered Friday with 21 stolen bases, in rare company filled with Hall of Famers, perennial All-Stars and fan favorites.Brett Gardner was the last Yankee to join the 20-20 club, having done so in 2017. Alex Rodriguez is the ...